I was wondering about them too @MexitalianMom. I haven’t posted much, but I’ve been watching this page for awhile and have been hoping for good news for so many on here!!
Yay @Hermit9 - so happy for you! :bz
Accepted!!!
Act: 31 Composite (28 English, 33 Math, 33 Reading, 31 Science, 36 Writing)
Gpa: 3.99 Unweighted
Major: Nuclear Engineering
Caucasian Male
In-State
International Thespian
Varsity Soccer: 4 years, Captain for senior year. Won 2 region championships.
Cross Country: 3 years
Academic Team: Co-founder and Captain
Spanish Club: 4 years
300+ hours of community service which involved serving at summer camps, teaching and performing music, and helping organize volunteers for park cleanups in my community.
Accepted!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 800 M 790 W (Comp: 2350)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Math(800), Biology M(790), Chem (750)
PSAT: 230
Unweighted GPA (if available): 4.0/4.0
Weighted GPA (if available): N/A (school does not weigh)
Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10% of ~400 (school does not rank, but 4.0 is typically within 10% at my school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(5), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Calculus BC(5), AP Psychology(4), AP Chemistry(4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C:Mechanics, AP Compsci, AP Lit, AP Government, French 4 H
Major Awards: FBLA Nationals Top 15 Finalist, TEAMS Nationals Top 10 Finalist (7th in US for Prepared Presentation), USABO Semifinalist, AIME qualifier, some awards at regional science fair, etc.
Subjective
Extracurriculars:
- Red Cross For entire region
- Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) (3 yrs, Secondary Events Manager)
- Science Club (4 yrs, Science Olympiad Member)
- Future Business Leaders of America (3 yrs, Member)
- French Honor Society (1 yr, Member)
- Choir (outside of school) (10 yrs, Group leader)
Job/Work Experience:
- Biomedical Engineering Research Intern at Cornell University (Summer 2015, 2 months)
- BME Research Intern at UIowa (Summer 2014, 2 months)
Volunteer/Community service:
- Red Cross (150+ hrs)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
@MexitalianMom @SouthFloridaMom9 Thanks so much!
@Hermit9 What HS do you attend? My son goes to South Forsyth.
@SouthFloridaMom9 sorry about your decision.
@MexitalianMom Deerfield-Windsor
Decision: Deferred
Major: Aerospace Eng
ACT: 34 (35 E 33 M)
SAT II: Math II (780)
GPA: 3.9/4.00
Rank: Top 10%
APs: 13
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB/BC, Honors German 4, AP Human Geo, AP English 4, AP Psychology, AP Physics 1
Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, 2014 Mock Trial Finalist
Extracurriculars: Key Club, NHS, German Honor Society, Mock Trial Club (President, Team Captain, Communications Officer), Played drums (12 years), Teen Court (Youth Attorney), Assistant teacher at Sunday School
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, Restaurant Cashier, Intern at Law Firm
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State: NC
School Type: Public
Race(s): Asian, White
Gender: Male
I think that my essays were pretty strong. What are my chances for getting in through RD? Congrats to everyone who got in!! :-bd
Awww thanks @MexitalianMom . . . I had a feeling DS was on the bubble. He has a strong ACT super-score, but some fluctuating sub-scores. His GPA is very strong but he didn’t start dual enrollment until 11th grade so he didn’t have lots of weighted heft. We are a homeschooling family and I didn’t want to fluff his transcript. ECs were good but nothing earth-shattering.
He was totally fine - I was the one who wasn’t happy. 
That being said, it made me feel better about him not taking the really long shot for Stanford (ultimately decided not to put the time or $$ into the app). If he got in everywhere he applied I would have worried that we didn’t reach enough.
My son is a little bit of a late-bloomer so I suspect everything will work out for the best. He loves college classes and has had a great time with dual enrollment. Hoping that stays the same.
It’s fun to see some of the kids here who have been posting regularly get accepted. This was an extremely competitive year for GT so this gang has much to be proud of!
ETA: Just for the record, my DS is the absolute best kid I could ever ask for as a student, sometimes in ways that are hard to quantify in numbers. He and I have been homeschooling for nine years. It has been thrilling to watch him have a good chance at many schools. I am so thankful, and so proud of him - it is hard to put into words. I know he will go far. He has heart and character, not to mention smarts.
DS awarded national 4 year ROTC scholarship during first ROTC board for GT. Denied entry to GT
Major: Civil Eng
Is there any way to edit my essay for regular decision?
@Hermit9 Sounds like a nice school in a great area. How do you feel about being in the middle of Atlanta?? My son loved the campus when we visited, said it felt like a small town. His dad & I are excited to visit him too (don’t know how he feels about that). Haha!
@SouthFloridaMom9 Great job homeschooling! He’ll find his place, i strongly believe that these things all work out for good. Please keep us posted!
@MexitalianMom It is a nice school, arguably the best in SW Georgia.
Despite growing up in the middle of nowhere, I’ve always been a big-city guy at heart. I love ATL but you almost don’t realize it’s there when on campus. The campus is fantastic, too.
What is South Forsyth like?
@Kazoo98 Contact your local admissions counselor. You may be able to send through him/her.
@Hermit9 Well, the deadline is tomorrow. Will they be able to respond that quickly?
@Kazoo98 If you e-mail them before the deadline, regardless of when they respond, they will give you additional time to get it in if necessary.
so…here I go…
I got Deferred 
I spent like the first two hrs in shock ( and I cried). Then I spent the other hours in double the shock because :
- I got deferred because of an incomplete application (sorry @GustafAngus , I guess you were right to question your application completion)-
(I drove their to find out why I got deferred- yeah, I know that’s a little crazy of me) - just got back lol…
My stats I guess were good too tho.
SAT: 2160 (800 M, 670 R, 690 Wr)
ACT: 35 (36, 34, 34)
GPA: 3.9 W, 3.8 UW
Recs: VERY GOOD
APs: 14
so yeah, all in all - disappointed, but I guess a pinch of joy that they are giving me a second chance. I have so many friends who made it and who are all like “yeah, I’m not going there, I’m going somewhere else” and i’m like “yeah, yeah, yeah”. On the bright side, I won a national award today, so in all I have 2 national awards (I had one from December) that I can report to tech. Hopefully that will boost my chances in the RD round.
To those who got accepted - congrats!
and to those who got deferred - I hear ya, hang in there.
and to those who got denied - don’t worry, you are too good for tech…I mean what university doesn’t have a stat major?!
Oh, speaking of - I don’t think I’m gonna even attend tech (despite the wonderful city campus and the 20 so clubs I have lined up) because I don’t really know if I would want to major in anything other than Statistics. Don’t wanna risk ruining my life, ya know. So I guess Emory is my next #1 option (but its too expensive!) otherwise I’ll go to UGA and I’ll do my grad from tech in statistical analysis (omg, so excited)
@MexitalianMom I still want to know who your son is. PM me.
@RugbyDude6 I wanna know who u are too, pop out of your shell and pm me
oh, and I’m still staying on this thread (for those who thought I was leaving…I ain’t going anywhere until I get accepted to GT)
Decision: Deferred
Major: Mechanical Eng
ACT: 34 (36 S 35 M)
SAT II: Math II (750) Chemistry (730) (I know, pretty low :/)
GPA: 4.2
Rank: Top 5%
APs: 9 (including senior year)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Gov/Econ, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Comp Sci
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor; 3 ACSI Distinguished Scholar Awards (Award given to students within our school district which includes schools from all over the world); Highest GPA Award; Coach’s Award (Girl’s Volleyball); 3 Ajari Cup Gold Medals (Martial Arts), 1 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medals; 2 First Place CLTAC Mandarin Speech Contest Awards and 1 Second Place Award
Extracurriculars: Karate (Demonstration Team Member, Instructor, trained for 10+ years), Student Gov (Class President), FIRST Robotics Club (Mechanical Captain, Team Captain, Instructor, President), Videography Club (Co-Founder, President), Yearbook (Head of Layout, Head of Graphic Design), Volleyball (Captain), Stanford EPGY (Java and Robotics course and Physics course), JHU Engineering Innovation (Engineering course), UC Davis COSMOS (Quantum Mechanics course)
Job/Work Experience: Intern at Nanotechnology Firm where I created CAD models for their new products and worked as a lab assistant, Intern at engineering firm as research assistant
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State: CA, so I’m out of state
School Type: Private
Race(s): Asian
Gender: Female
Why I think I got deferred:
- Poor/Average GPA and Test Scores for an engineer
- My first choice was Mechanical Engineering and second choice was Aerospace Engineering, both extremely competitive
GT was my top choice along with UIUC which I haven’t heard from yet, so I’m pretty bummed. Just wondering, do I have much of a chance to get into Mech. E or Aerospace under RD? Anyways, congrats to all of you guys who did get in, you guys definitely deserve it!
@Xboxgamergirl - you are awesome and you have a great shot at RD. Thanks for chiming in - was wondering how you were!
@Xboxgamergirl Sorry to hear you were deferred. Best of luck for RD!
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What did they say was missing on your app?